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CDC health projects improve disease detection and control

(The Observer) The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health security (GHS) projects on early disease detection, response and prevention in Uganda and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in those areas. This was revealed in an article published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released by CDC on January 30. For Read More »

February 11, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, International, and Public Health
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Danish initiative strengthens biosecurity and improves health in East Africa

(Bio Prep Watch) The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that they will work together on a pilot project to improve biosecurity and health in East Africa. The Danish Centre for Biosecurity and Biopreparedness at Statens Serum Institute under the Ministry of Health will Read More »

February 5, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Europe, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Anthrax scares worry Sanral

(IOL News) The evacuation of the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral) central operations centre in Centurion on Friday, for the second time this week, was concerning, said Sanral CEO Nazir Alli. “Sanral is extremely worried about the impact this kind of behaviour is having on the people who work at the centre,” he said Read More »

January 24, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Bioterrorism, and International
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Justice Project SA condemns Sanral anthrax scare

(Mail & Guardian) Biological or chemical attacks, real or feigned, are an act of cowardice and terrorism, the Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) said on Tuesday, after the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) operations centre in Pretoria had to be shut down when white powder was found in an envelope. Electronic Toll Collection Read More »

January 22, 2014
| Filed under Africa, Bioterrorism, and International
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First Study of Promising Ebola Vaccine Undertaken In West Africa

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) this week announced they have begun a clinical trial in health care workers in West Africa to evaluate a promising experimental Ebola vaccine. The vaccine was developed by investigators at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Read More »